We thank everyone that came to our concerts last season. Every single performance was a great success and the musicians had a great time putting the concerts together and sharing our music with you! This season we will be performing three concerts at Buff Sem, one in October, one in April and one in May. We are looking into perhaps adding another concert sometime between the first and second ones in the Amherst-Williamsville area. But honestly, Buff Sem has such a wonderful performance space that it’s hard to want to play anywhere else! The repertoire for the season is almost all in place, so we’ll be posting concert details soon. We look forward to seeing you this season.
Email List
May 4, 2008 – 1:19 pm
We have added an Buffalo Chamber Players Email List, so make sure to sign up to be updated about our concert dates. Speaking of concert dates, we should have next season’s schedule very soon (week or so), so all the more reason to subscribe to the list!
P.S.: in case you couldn’t find it, the sign up is on the sidebar to your right.
Small Program Change
April 22, 2008 – 11:33 pm
We had to change the program slightly. Because of scheduling issues, we will be playing Puccini’s Crisantemi instead of the Rossini Wind Quartet. But don’t worry, we will reschedule the Rossini for a future concert as it is a fun piece. Plus the Puccini is exquisite! Written in 1890, it was according to Puccini composed in one night, in memory of Duke Amadeo of Savoy. Puccini reused the two main themes of the work in the last act of his opera Manon Lescaut. Dark, somber and beautiful, it is guaranteed to give you goose bumps! So hope you don’t mind the change.
Repertoire for May
April 1, 2008 – 9:21 pm
Finally, the program for May is set:
Rossini Sonata for Wind Quartet in F Major
Faure Piano Quartet in g minor
Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio
Respighi Il Tramonto
Ives Songs: In the Alley, A Christmas Carol, An Old Flame, Berceuse
Should be a great concert! Unfortunately a work by Puccini had to be cut, but the program would have been too long. I’ll post some program notes soon.
May 28 Program
March 20, 2008 – 2:01 pm
The repertoire for our next concert is almost all in place. We actually have a little too much music! Just have to figure out what gets cut from the program which is not so easy to do. I am really excited Alex Hurd will be joining us for the concert. He has a wonderful voice and a great personality. We will be doing Ottorino Respighi’s Il Tramonto, a rarely performed work for voice and string quartet. Respighi is known more for his brilliant large scale orchestrations so we are very happy to present a different side of Respighi. Another great work we are planning to do is Stauss’s Prelude to Capriccio. Capriccio was Strauss’s last opera, an opera about opera. Instead of using the full orchestra, the opera opens with this prelude scored for string sextet. Odd choice for an opera but great for concert piece! The rest of the program is still up in the air, but we are thinking of works by Puccini, Rossini, and/or Faure.
I’ll post more details on the rest of the program as it’s finalized.
March 12 Concert
March 14, 2008 – 10:39 pm
Our concert last Wednesday went very well! Everyone involved did a phenomenal job. I was a little nervous about how the Prokofiev would be received, but afterwards I heard nothing but good things about the piece and the performance. I love the piece and it was great working on it with such talented players. Attendance was not bad, and hopefully will only get better. Luckily it didn’t snow the night of the concert. The weather was actually quite pleasant, just a little cold after the concert.
In case you missed it, the Artvoice had a nice article for the concert. The Chamber Revolution, nice!
And finally I can’t say enough about how much we enjoy playing at Buff Sem. The space is very intimate, perfect for chamber music, and with very good acoustics, and it’s in the heart of the Elmwood Village.
So if you joined us for the concert, thank you for coming, and if you didn’t, come to our next one, May 28!
First Post!
March 12, 2008 – 3:19 pm
Welcome to the Buffalo Chamber Players’ blog! On this page we will be posting our thoughts, ideas, and anything else about our concerts, programing, etc. Enjoy your visit and please do leave us comments!